Safety carrier



v June 24, i930 E. CAHILL SAFETY CARRIER Filed April 20, 1929 lilla!!lill A. lill-Illu il n WIT/V555 Patented June 24, 1930 PATENT OFFICEnii'izaisnrn CAHILL, or NRW YORK, N. Y.

SAFETY CARRIER Application led April 20,

My invention relates to improvements in safety carriers for papercurrency, rings, keys and similar small valuable or necessary personalarticles, and consists in the construction, arrangement and dispositionof the various parts herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a small thin safety carrierforpaper currency, 1o papers, valuables and keys, of simple andinexpensive construction; which may be securely attached to any.convenient part of the clothing, as for instance, to the inside of apocket, without betraying its location on the outside of the garment;which may be attached tothe inside of a bag or pocket book and whichwill securely hold and retain the articles placed therein or thereonagainst accidental removal.

A yfurther object of my invention is to provide a bill, key and ringcarrier of thin resilient sheet metalprovided with resilient fingers forholding folded paper currency, or other papers, pressed firmly againstla generally flat plate portion of the device and having attached to thelower or bottom edge thereof, a safety pin or similar fastening devicefor detachably securing the device to the clothing or bag or pocketbook,or to whatever one may wish to attach it.

Other objects of my invention will appear in the specificationand'claims below.

Referring to the drawings forming a part of this specification and inwhich the same reference characters are employed throughout the variousviews to .designate the same parts,

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of the preferred form of my improvedcarrier showing the manner in which paper currency or other foldedpapers, a ring and a ykey may be attached thereto and carried thereby.

Fig. 2 is a similar perspective view of a slightly modifiedconstruction.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary `perspective view of a further modificationwherein the vertical edges of the main plate are bent at right angles tothe main plate to form a narrow flat surface which is provided with afinger similar to that shown in Fig. l, on whichla 1929. Serial No'.356,630.

key, ring or other similar device may be' hung and carried.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of a slightly modified form ofring 0r key supporting hook or finger.

My improved cariier for paper currency, papers, rings and keys, andother small personal'articles comprises, in the preferred einbodiment ofmy invention, shown in Fig. 1,

a flat plate or sheet l of thin resilient metal, n

such as brass (preferably plated with nickel or one of the more valuablemetals) or even terne-plate in the cheaper constructions, the

materials being, however, of such a nature that it may be cut, shapedand formed in dies in the manner in which sheet metal is usuallymanipulated in stamping.

vWith suitable dies, and preferably at a single operation, l cut andshape the fiat plate l out of al large sheet of said metal andsimultaneously sever on three sides thereof,

rthree paper and currency holding lingers or prongs 2, 2, 2, leavingslots 3, 3, 3 in the metal where the material for the said lingers isremoved, two smaller fingers or prongs 4, 4 either of which may be usedto hold a key or a ring and herein referred to as key and ring holdinglingers and forming slots 5, 5 where the material for said fingers isremoved and a tab along the lower bottom edge of the plate arranged tobe wrapped or bent into cylindrical form around the upper reach orlength 7 of a safety-pin structure 7 .with which the plate is to beprovided. The prongs or fingers 2 and 4 are of simple design and maypossibly be shaped substantially simultaneously with the stamping of theplate l out from the large sheet of thin metal.

The upperend of each finger is integrally connected with the fiat plateor sheet 1 at ends each finger is bent into a concave portion 2 curvingback into its slot 3 with the deepest part of the concave portion lyingsubstantially in the plane of the plate 1. The extreme free ends 2d ofthe fingers 2 curve outwardly and lie above the plane of the surface ofthe plate 1. The ring and ke holding fingers 4, 4 are preferably somewat shorter and narrower than the fingers 2, but they are preferablysimilar thereto in shape and extend in the opposite direction. The upperends of the fingers 2 are integrally connected to the plate 1, but thelower ends of the fingers 4 are the ends that are integrally connectedwith the said plate.

The fingers 4 are first provided with a short portion 3 preferablydisposed in a plane normal to the plane of the plate and are attachedintegrally to the plate at the lower edge of the slots 5, 5 formed inthe plate by the severence therefrom. of the fingers 4, 4. From theportion 4 the finrs are provided with an upwardly extend- 1n preferablystraight portion 4b preferab y parallel to the surface of the plate 1but spaced therefrom and parallel to the slots 5 and near their upperends the are then bent down into their respective sly until the deepestpoint in the concave portion 4 lies substantially in the plane of theadjacent portion of the plate 1. The extreme upper ends 3d curveoutwardly slightly above the lane of the adjacent portions of theplate 1. e extreme ends 2d of the fingers 2 and the extreme ends 4d ofthe fingers 4 are preferably rounded so that they do not present sharpcorners; and the corners of the plate 1 are preferably rounded, all sothat the device will not unduly wear or abrade the clothing or theinside of a bag or pocket in which it may be carried.

The safety pin structure 7 is preferably secured to the plate 1 by thecylindrical tab 6 integrally connected to the bottom edge of the plate 1which is bent -around the upper reach or stretch 7al of the safety pin7. The lower stretch 7 b is the pin proper and is connected to the upperreach through a coil 7. The free sharp end of the pin portion 7b isadapted to be sprung into and out of a hook 7d formed at the adjacentend of the upper stretch or reach 7 a. The safety piln is preferablythus pivotally secured to t e plate 1. The plate 1 is free to swingaround the upper reach or stretch 7a as on a pivot, thus making theconnection of the carrier very mobile with respect to the inside of apocket or to the inside of a bag or pocket book. When so placed in 4apocket of a bag or of the clothing it is thin, and can be swung on thesafety pin within the pocket, to give easy access to loose removablecars, papers or small articles, also in the pocket, and which may be onboth sides of the carrier in said pocket. The thin carrier may be thusused to divide a pocket in a bag or in a garment, into two compartmentsinto which small articles, not carried by the carrier, may be insertedand from which they may be easily withdrawn without interference withthe carrier and articles carried thereby.

The outwardly turned lower ends 2d of the fingers permit one to slip afolded bill or pieces of paper currency 9 in under the resilient fingers2 and when so inserted the resilient fingers clamp the same firmlyagainst the plate 1, and if for any reason, the fingers 2 become fiexedor sprung away from the plate so that they do not so rmly press againstthe adjacent surface of a folded bill or paper, the lower edge of thepaper will rest on and be supported either on the tubular or cylindricalportion 6 of the device or on the bottom of the ba or pocket, and thiswould prevent the iills from slipping downwardly out of engagement withthe fingers 2.

The fingers 4, adjacent their upper ends, also preferably lie withintheir respective slots 8 and in the plane of the plate 1. In securing akey 10 or ring 11 thereon, the same are easily placed between the upperends 3i and the plate and a slight downward pressure on the key or ringwill force the upper ends of the fingers outwardly and permit the ringor key to pass or slide under the curved portion 4, whereupon theresilient fingers 4 spring again back into their respective slots 5 andthe ring or key cannot be removed therefrom except by an upward pullthereon sufficient to spring the fingers 4 away froln the plate andpermit of the passage of the key or ring between the curved portions 4and the outer surface of the plate 1.

The modification shown in Fig. 2 is exactly like that shown in Fig. 1,except that the end 7 of the wire, instead of being twisted around theshank of the hook to form a hump 7*, extends vertically into an openingin the plate 1 formed by stamping a strip or strap 8 out from theplate 1. In assembling this device, the end 7 would be inserted underthe strap 8 before the cylinder or tube 6 is completely closed aroundthe reach 7 of the pin 7. 1n this construction the plate 1 is not freeto rotate or swing around the upper stretch 7 of the safety pin as on apivot. It is free to swing, however, with respect to the object to whichthe pin is secured, around the lower stretch or reach 6b of the safetypin as a pivot, when the device is pinned to the bottom of a pocket of agarment, bag, or pocket book.

lrVhere so thin a carrier as is provided bv the structure illustrated inFig. 1 is not required, and stiffness is more desirable, I may form thekey and ring holding fingers `4 in aiportion lfL of the plate l bent at'right angles to the plane of the plate, as shown in"Fig. 3. Thisprovides a construction whichl may be a little shorter than that shownin Fig. l, and probably be a little thicker under ordinarycircumstances, but if all the paper money that the device can hold wereinserted under the prongs or ngers 2 the lower free ends 2d thereofwould be considerably further from the plate 1 than they are shown inFig. l, and said ends 2d might be substantially in the plane of the freevertical edge of the end sections la, in which event the end sectionswould not be substantially wider than the thickness of the filledcarrier.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the ring and key finger 4 is of thesame thickness as the plate l and lies in the plane of the said plate.It is disposed with respect thereto in the manner somewhat similar tothat shown in Fig. 8. |The free end 4d is preferably rounded and doesnot normally extend beyond the adjacent vertical edge of the plate l,the plate being provided with a recess 5 in the edge thereof into whichfits the concave portion 4c of the finger 4. The parts 4a and 41correspond to the parts 4a and 4b of the previously describedconstruction.

In making this construction, shown in Fig. 4, the sheet material ofwhich the device is made should be considerably stiffer and stronger andprobably thicker than that which is actually required in making theother embodiments of my invention.

It will now be apparent that I have provided a safety paper currency,ring and key carrier and holder which can be easily stamped and shapedout of sheet material, which can be easily assembled and therefore whichmay be manufactured at a very low cost, thereby enabling one to placethe same on the market in large quantities to be sold at a price withinthe reach of nearly everybody. The device is of great service to women,whose pockets are few and whose hand bags and pocket books are oftenfilled with a variety of articles, including money and valuables, loosein the bag and easily pulled out and dropped and lost in hunting for andwithdrawing an article from the bag. IVith my improved safety ca rierthe money and rings and other valuables, held by the carrier, are not soeasily separated from the carrier, and are held segregated from theother articles in the bag or pocket book, and the holder or carrier isfirmly and flexibly secured to the inside of the bag (or pocket) againstremoval. The said valuable articles are, therefore, more safely carried,and the likelihood of the loss of them is greatly lessened, by the useof my device which is preferably so thin and mobile and flexible that itdoes not interfere with the insertion and withdrawal of other articlesloose in the pocket and on both sides of the carrier.

It is to be understood that I have not intended to limit my invention toany particular method or process of stamping or dieing the carrier outof sheet metal or other suitabie material. rIhe process may comprise asfew or as many steps as are necessary to provide a plate of thin sheetmaterial with resilient fingers, disposed as above described and havinga portion, lying within the slotl in the plate, provided by the removalof a portion of the sheet to 'form the integral fingers, and freelysprung out of the slot by the insertion of the money or ring or keyunder the free ends of the fingers.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to protectby Letter Patent of the United States is:

l. In a combined paper currency, ring and key holder, the combinationofa plate of resilient sheet metal having a top edge and a bottom edge andprovided with a series of parallel vertically disposed slots and with aseries of downwardly extending resilient paper holding lingers extendingparallel to said slots and integrally connected at their upper ends tothe plate at the upper edges of said slots, extending slightly outwardlyaway from the plane of the surface of one side of said plate and thenextending substantially parallel to and spaced from said surface, thencurved back to normally lie in the slots thereunder, substantially inthe plane of said plate,`and having their extreme lower ends curvedoutwardly a little above the plane of the said surface of said plate,and a safety pin permanently secured to the bottom horizontal edge ofsaid plate and extending generally parallel to said edge for removablysecuring said carrier to clothing, pockets, bags and the like. Y

2. In a combined paper currency, ring and key holder, the combination ofa plate of resilient sheet metal having a top edge and a bottom edge andprovided with a series of parallel vertically disposed slots land with aseries of downwardly xtending resilient paper holding fingers extendingparallel to said slots and integrally connected at their upper ends tothe plate at the upper edges of said slots, extending slightly outwardlyaway from the plane of the surface of one side of said plate and thenextending substantially parallel to and spaced from said surface, thencurved back to normally lie in the slots thereunder and substantially inthe plane of said plate, and" having their extreme lower ends curvedoutwardly a little above the plane of the said surface of said plate,and a safety pin hingedly secured to the bottom horizontal edge of saidplate and extending generally parallel to said edge for removablysecuring saidy carrier to the clothing, pockets, bags and the like.

3. In a combined paper currency, ring and key holder, the combination ofa plate of resilient sheet metal having a top edge and a bottom edge andprovided with a series of parallel vertically disposed slots and with aseries of downwardly extending resilient paper holding fingers extendingparallel to said slots and integrally connected at their upper ends tothe plate at the upper edges o said slots, extending slightly outwardlyaway from the plane of the surface of one side of said plate and thenextending substantially parallel to and spaced from said surface, thencurved back to normally lie in the slots thereunder and substantially inthe plane of said plate, and having their extreme lower ends curvedoutwardly a little above the plane of the said surface of said plate,and a safety pin permanently secured to the bottom horizontal edge ofsaid plate and extending generally parallel to said edge for removablysecuring said carrier to clothing, pockets, bags and the like, saidplate being also provided with a slot located at one side of said billholding fingers and with an upwardly extending resilient finger havingits lower end integrally secured to said plate at the lower end of saidslot and extending therefrom first outwardly from the lane of saidplate, then extending up- War ly generally parallel to said slot and tothe plane of the surface of said plate and spaced from the plane of thesurface of said plate, and having its free upper end reversely curvedfirst downwardly into said slot and then back out of it with the extremeupper end thereof spaced above the said surface of said plate.

4. In a combined paper currency, ring and key holder, the combination ofa plate of resilient sheet metal having a top edge and a bottom edge andprovided with a series of Cparallel vertical slots and with a series ofownwardly extending resilient bill holding fingers extending over andgenerally parallel to said slots and integrally connected at their upperends to the late at the upper edges of said slots, said ngers beinconcave near their free ends to lie in saicgl slots thereundersubstantially in the plane of said plate and having their extreme lowerends curved outwardly a little above the plane of said surface of saidplate, said plate being also provided with a slot adjacent one side ofsaid series of bill holding fingers and with an upwardly extendingresllient finger, having its lower end integrally secured to said plateat the lower end of said slot and extending first outwardly from theplane of said plate, then substantially parallel to and spaced from saidsurface o said plate, and having its free upper end reversely curvedfirst downwardly into said slot and then back out of it with the extremeupper end thereof spaced from said surface of said plate, and a safetypin ermanently secured to the bottom longitudinal edge of said baseplate and extending parallel to said edge.

5. A combined paper currency, bill and key holder, comprising a plate ofresilient sheet metal having a series of resilient parallel bill holdingfingers integrally connected at one end to said plate and all extendingdownwardly across said plate and substantially parallel to the surfacethereof, a similar resilient finger also integrally connected at one endto said plate and disposed at one side of said series of bill holdingfingers and parallel thereto, etxending in the opposite direction uponwhich to hang a small article, and a safety pin secured to the bottomedge of said plate adjacent the free ends of said bill holding fingersand extending substantially parallel to said bottom edge.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this seventeenth day ofApril, 1929.

ELIZABETH CAHILL.

